Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem

A once in a lifetime experience to meet the heroes.

Located in the heart of Jerusalem, the Friends of Zion Museum brings stories of love and heroism to the world. Magnificently told using ground-breaking technology found nowhere else in the nation, visitors experience the unfolding story as though stepping back in time. Accompanied by a moving original musical score, fantastic surround sound, lighting second-to-none and interactive displays that appear to come to life before your very eyes, the Friends of Zion Museum is a once in a lifetime experience for audiences from around the world. Visitors enter a whole new world, where they meet the biblical figures, academics, businessmen, and military officials who, through their faith, have forged an everlasting bond between the Jewish and Christian peoples.

The Land of the Promise

A stunning audio-visual presentation introduces us to the modern miracle that we call the State of Israel, as we “fly over” the Holy Land from south to north, west to east. It is a fitting prelude to the stories of those who made this possible, starting with a welcoming message by the Friends of Zion Museum’s international Chairman, former President Shimon Peres.

The Founders

We step back in time to the biblical promise, the covenant between God and the people of Israel which stands as the basis for the belief of Zionism. Beginning with Abraham and his descendants and continuing through their early history in the Holy Land and later in exile. Through imaginative animation, unique lighting effects and original music we witness the strong faith of the people of Israel.

The Dreamers

The stories of four charismatic 19th and 20th century believers in the ingathering of the People of Israel to the Holy Land are presented here in a unique multi-media fashion through video mapping projections on wooden sculptured figures and directed sound narration. These early Christian Zionist dreamers were to have great influence in their time.

The Visionaries

A huge hand-drawn Interactive Mural triggered by touch tells the stories of many non Jewish Friends who helped bring about the fulfillment of the biblical promise. The Hall of Visionaries presents renowned figures such as Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, Lord Balfour and Woodrow Wilson. These true visionaries appear to us here in illuminated animation, as we learn of their key roles in realizing the Zionist dream.

Lights in the Darkness

In this emotion-charged gallery, evocative animation and lights are projected onto a dark “shattered” wall introducing us to enormously courageous heroes, represented as beams of light in the dark times of WWII. Righteous Among the Nations who risked their own lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Oskar Schindler, Irena Sendler, Chiune Sugihara, the ten Boom Family, Raoul Wallenberg.

The Brave

The Hall of the Brave introduces us to courageous international figures who committed themselves wholeheartedly to the establishment and defense of the Jewish people in the Holy Land, those who fought alongside the Jewish people to establish the State of Israel. As we face these life-sized figures on the screen, they “personally” turn to us and tell us their stories.